Daniel Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 ive gotten bored of my multi-track so im planning on getting either cubase or accid, ive got an idea of the mixer im gonna get but i dont have a clue about soundcards, so can anybody tell me what i should get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 m-audio are quite nice, recommend delta series if it's a desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 agree with m-audio.. i bought a delta 66, but if i had my money, a job and some more money again, i'd buy the delta 10/10 with the 1U breakout box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compuphonic Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Whats you budget ? How many simultaneous ins/outs you need ?Do you need spdif/toslink/wordclock ?What multitrack are you giving up on ? At the budget end of the market the Emu cards are very good - m-audio stuff is pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 m-audio stuff is pants.Not true,having used both the Delta 44 and the 1010, both are high quality, easy to use PCI audio cards, whether you get an audio card or a soundcard depends if you need midi playback on the card (ie GM compatibility). Never used their USB or Firewire devices though, SOS seems to rate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compuphonic Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 The converters are ok, but they have a serious problem with drivers at m-audio. I owned some of their kit a while ago (when they were midiman). Lots of problems with drivers...Check out the EMU stuff, its affordable and good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lime ruined my life Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 m audio is good.emu is good also, but has less i/o's dont they?the sampler emulated card is supposed to be very good.that's all there is to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 I'll agree the MAudio stuff is bad with drivers...anyone tried the FastTrack? Couldn't get that to work with a 2.4ghz P4...If you want quality, go for MOTU shit....but it'll cost ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Whats you budget ? How many simultaneous ins/outs you need ?Do you need spdif/toslink/wordclock ?What multitrack are you giving up on ? At the budget end of the market the Emu cards are very good - m-audio stuff is pants.its a fostex mr-8, im not giving up on it, i just want a top notch sounding home recording Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 well, if other people are having problems with m-audio stuff then all i can say is - it must be other hardware - so get a mac or a mackie!i've had my delta 66 a year now running under linux, i have zero latency hardware monitoring and 11ms software monitoring, can't complain about the drivers, and for windows users, drivers are supposed to be great - but then i've done my homework on IRQ placings and shuffled PCI cards around to give the delta a low IRQ number. hardware combinations are typically what fucks PCs for home recording, i.e. too many PCI cards, things interfering with signals, etc..i bought m-audio for the decent breakout box and zero latency hardware monitoring, those were my needs at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 I have never had any driver issues with the 44 or the 1010, we've used it to record 5 tracks at once and everything was sound. But thats not to say there could not be incompatibility issues, but the 44 on my PC is still running in ME, and the 1010 works fine with XP. Without a doubt though I'm sure the EMU range is quality as well, they did pretty much invent sampling, with Fairlight of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cowboy Dan Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 I think Phat Tom has a delta 10/10, it's pretty good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 I'm liking the look of the FirePod...its getting some good reviews. Firewire based...the MAudio stuff I'm having problems with are USB1 Retails at $700 I think...havent bothered looking for a uk supplier yet...http://www.presonus.com/firepod.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compuphonic Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 well' date=' if other people are having problems with m-audio stuff then all i can say is - it must be other hardware - so get a mac or a mackie![/quote']I had just as much problem under OS9/OSX as I did under Win98/XPI know a few folk who are currently having issues with the 410.I'm currently using MOTU hardware and its reasonably good.If you've got the budget, seriously consider going for anything in the RME range. I have never had any driver issues with the 44 or the 1010' date=' we've used it to record 5 tracks at once and everything was sound. But thats not to say there could not be incompatibility issues, but the 44 on my PC is still running in ME, and the 1010 works fine with XP. Without a doubt though I'm sure the EMU range is quality as well, they did pretty much invent sampling, with Fairlight of course.[/quote']Close... Fairlight invented the Fairlight CMI, EMU invented the Emulator range.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compuphonic Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Retails at $700 I think...havent bothered looking for a uk supplier yet...UK resellers http://www.handinhand.uk.net/Pages/PresonusStores.htm489 from Dolphin' date=' looks pretty good value. It been gettig reasonably good reviews.[url']http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/3852/category_id/aa5045ac8dbda1110af5783d9c9b8f89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Cheers!! Interesting to see you can use two devices in XP for 16 track simultaneous recording....come on lotto!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 i had an st-audio c-port which was a decent 10/10 rack system with midi & preamps - very cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22264 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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